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Electricity

We’ve had quite a few windy days in the last couple of weeks. James and I always take a moment to marvel at ‘all those molecules moving around’ because way back at the beginning of our courtship he mentioned that he loved to think of wind as molecules moving. I thought he was just trying to impress me and I laughed, but he was totally serious! I had never really considered the concept before, but now that I do, I think he’s absolutely right! We love contemplating the thought together on windy days.

Another result of wind can be loss of electricity. We experienced that last Monday. The lights had flickered throughout the day and then after the kids went to bed , kabaam! Blackness! We had just started a movie. After a few minutes in a silent house, our attention was turned to the fact that we were planning a home birth… I was full term… and we had no good non-electric way to heat our home! I know that my midwife has served women who plan births with no electricity and she does not rely on it, but they would have other means to heat their houses! In the end we decided to fill our coffee thermos with hot water from the water heater. We could use it in a little hot water bottle of mine to help keep a baby warm if need be. We also had our suburban to take refuge in for warmth. We went to bed and several hours later the electricity did come back on, and obviously we didn’t have a baby by candlelight. I still think it would be fun and memorable to give birth with the sound of all those molecules blowing around outside though!